Sean Hughes

Sean Hughes

Born: November 10, 1965
Died: October 16, 2017
in London, England, UK
Sean Hughes (born John Hughes; November 10, 1965 – October 16, 2017) was an English-born Irish stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He starred in his own television show Sean's Show and was one of the regular team captains on the BBC Two musical panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

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Sean Hughes: Penguins
Title: Sean Hughes: Penguins
Released: September 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Sean takes us back to his Dublin upbringing and the, at times, utter awkwardness of teenage life - weaving in his family, his school days and the business of friendship and tying it all in to the present. It's brilliant and multi-layered and it really is up there with his Perrier award winning show 'A One Night Stand'
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Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises
Title: Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises
Character: Himself
Released: January 20, 2014
Type: Movie
Sean has been dealing with his father’s death in a way that only Sean can. Here is a comedy performance from Sean like you’ve never seen before. This hilarious yet poignant tale is a beautiful insight into the lighter side of dying and getting older, going to places that comedy rarely goes, highlighting how ridiculous life is and how quickly it can be taken away.
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Title: What a Load of Buzzcocks
Character: Self - Team Captain
Released: June 3, 2013
Type: TV
Highlights series presenting the best of 16 years of Never Mind the Buzzcocks pop history.
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Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)
Title: Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2011
Type: Movie
A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album The Boatman's Call (originally released in 1997). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
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Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 5: Tender Prey)
Title: Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 5: Tender Prey)
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Tender Prey (originally released in 1988). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Title: Round Ireland with a Fridge
Character: Brendan
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.
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Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Title: Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Character: Tapir (voice)
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.
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Sean Hughes - Live: The Right Side of Wrong
Title: Sean Hughes - Live: The Right Side of Wrong
Character: Himself
Released: November 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Sean Hughes returns to the stand-up stage with his first national UK tour in nearly a decade. The Right Side of Wrong marks a return to the comedy circuit for one of the most distinctive and darkly explosive exponents of the art of stand-up.
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Title: Saving Planet Earth UK
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: July 4, 2007
Type: TV
A look at endangered species in the regions around the UK
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Dangerous Liaisons
Title: Dangerous Liaisons
Character: Mod
Released: May 10, 2007
Type: Movie
When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape.
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The Long Bank Holiday
Title: The Long Bank Holiday
Character: Mod Lewis
Released: February 20, 2004
Type: Movie
A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend.
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Christine
Title: Christine
Character: Mod Lewis
Released: February 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room.
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Title: Rubbadubbers
Character: Finbar
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: TV
The Rubbadubbers are fun-loving bath toys who spring to life when nobody's looking. When they're not splashing about in the bathroom, they imagine themselves in fantastical adventures where they live out their wishes… and their possible consequences.
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Tricia
Title: Tricia
Character: Mod Lewis
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.
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Title: The Last Detective
Character: Mod Lewis
Released: February 7, 2003
Type: TV
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
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Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Title: Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Character: Tapir (voice)
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil Blitzen and his new-found partner-in-crime The White Rabbit. Robbie is having girl trouble too - Donner is feeling neglected and decides to give Robbie an ultimatum. Can Robbie save the day, keep his girl and unravel the mystery of the Legend of the Lost Tribe?
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Puckoon
Title: Puckoon
Character: Dan Madigan
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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Title: Fear Factor
Released: June 11, 2001
Type: TV
Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their fears while outpacing the competition.
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Title: Gormenghast
Released: January 17, 2000
Type: TV
At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.
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Four Men in a Plane
Title: Four Men in a Plane
Character: Pilot
Released: January 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Salesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan joins the mile-high club with a model in the toilet but Tim is annoyed that he is two air miles short of joining the others in club class. On arrival in North Africa, they decide to charter a plane rather than face a fifteen-hour coach journey to the conference.
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The Greatest Store in the World
Title: The Greatest Store in the World
Character: Elf
Released: December 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternative place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take up residence in Scottley's, the best department store in London. They must keep it a secret from doorman Brian (whom the girls call Mr. Whiskers), and a couple of bumbling thieves who want to rob the store safe of its jewels.
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Title: Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over
Character: Themselves - Team Captain
Released: March 12, 1999
Type: TV
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Never Rewind the Buzzcocks
Title: Never Rewind the Buzzcocks
Character: Himself
Released: November 2, 1998
Type: Movie
Compilation from the quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Fast Food
Title: Fast Food
Character: Fish
Released: October 9, 1998
Type: Movie
A reformed young man with a steady job, Benny, returns to the city of his youth to find the girl he's been in love with since childhood and that's home to his four petty criminal friends, Jacko, Zac, Bisto and Flea.
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The Butcher Boy
Title: The Butcher Boy
Character: Psychiatrist #1
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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Snakes and Ladders
Title: Snakes and Ladders
Character: Martin
Released: November 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A wry story of female friendship: Jean and Kate, two "nearing-thirty" street performers, find the ups and downs of life and love amid the pubs and music scene of modern day Dublin.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self- Team Captain
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Sean Hughes is 30 Somehow
Title: Sean Hughes is 30 Somehow
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
The 1995 stand up show from the Perrier prize winning comic Sean Hughes.
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Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride
Title: Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride
Character: Himself
Released: June 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Short documentary / tribute to the late, truly great American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, included as an extra in several box sets. Bill Hicks passed away in 1994, taken tragically young aged only 32. His legend and reputation, however, continue to grow. "It's Just a Ride" is a celebration of his life and work, featuring numerous clips of Bill's many recorded stand-up performances, along with trbutes from Sean Hughes, Eric Bogosian, David Letterman and Eddie Izzard, amongst others.
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Sean Hughes - Live and Seriously Funny
Title: Sean Hughes - Live and Seriously Funny
Character: Himself
Released: February 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Early live stand up show from Sean Hughes.
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Title: Sean's Show
Released: April 15, 1992
Type: TV
Sean's Show was a United Kingdom television situation comedy broadcast on Channel 4. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware of the fact he was living in a sitcom. It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom.
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Zack Mitchell
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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The Commitments
Title: The Commitments
Character: Dave from Eeijit Records
Released: August 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Jimmy Shapleton
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Pilot
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.